Claraissa Jean

August 28, 2009 @ 1:08 pm our little girl, Claraissa Jean, entered our world... finally. :) She was exactly 41 weeks... she weighed in at 7 lbs 15 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. She's absolutely perfect!!! The following are pictures from the labor to a few hours after... I'll be posting more pictures later. It's amazing how much time the wee one requires. But I love her to peices!!! Shortly after getting to the hospital... Thursday the 27th around 11:30 pm... I had probably been in labor all day and didn't realize it. At 6:20pm I felt a contraction that I thought was worth noting the time... and I progressed from there. As you can tell this is before the contractions started to get too strong... LOL... I'm still smiling.

This is during a contraction... I couldn't sit still. I was on the "birthing ball" most of the night and into the morning. I also used the tub 3 different times but the third time was really short as I felt I needed to start pushing... it was crazy!! I can't believe how fast the time went by.

First picture of Daddy, Gary, and his little girl!! So very very adorable!!

Our first family picture!! :) So very perfect!

OH... did I tell you I did this completely medication free!! Holy Cow!!! LOL... in the end she is definately worth it but we're adopting the next ones... hee hee... (I can't think about pushing out another baby at this point in time... give me awhile and maybe I'll come around... the pain is still too fresh in my memory to even think about it... OUCH!! hee hee)

Daddy admiring his little girl!! He was such a trooper through the whole thing. I'm one lucky lady to have found such a wonderful man!! A huge thank you also needs to be said for my sister Becky who was there and helped me through this wonderful event as well as my really good friend Kelly! They were all amazing during my labor and delivery and post... To the nurses and midwives who were there to assist me... they were AWESOME!!!